Excellent list! Any time someone asks what I love in a character, all I need to do is point them here.
It doesn't mean I think they're always right or that I'd justify their actions in real life, because, um, duh? But I don't want them fixed, or changed, or redeemed. I want them to revel in their fucked up glory, because that's why I like them.
Yes. Fucked up = interesting. The Doctor screws up, he gets angry and he does things that are truly horrible sometimes. I like that he's not perfect but he keeps trying and he still finds joy even after everything.
Which is why I love the Doctor killing the Racnoss and tormenting the Family of Blood. Why must fandom bitch incessantly about the character traits I love most?
Those are two of my favorite bits of series 3. I think it's important to see how far he will go when he's in pain. Both of those moments are right after he loses someone close to him - right after he's had the possibility of true companionship torn away from him. I'm not surprised that these are the times that he's at his darkest.
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It doesn't mean I think they're always right or that I'd justify their actions in real life, because, um, duh? But I don't want them fixed, or changed, or redeemed. I want them to revel in their fucked up glory, because that's why I like them.
Yes. Fucked up = interesting. The Doctor screws up, he gets angry and he does things that are truly horrible sometimes. I like that he's not perfect but he keeps trying and he still finds joy even after everything.
Which is why I love the Doctor killing the Racnoss and tormenting the Family of Blood. Why must fandom bitch incessantly about the character traits I love most?
Those are two of my favorite bits of series 3. I think it's important to see how far he will go when he's in pain. Both of those moments are right after he loses someone close to him - right after he's had the possibility of true companionship torn away from him. I'm not surprised that these are the times that he's at his darkest.